Breaking a Shoulder, Arm and Wrist is never a fun ordeal.. until you meet Dr. Christopher Doumas and Jessica Spivey. They make healing a happy time. Dr. Doumas is always there with a smile and willing to go the extra mile for the patient even when he is not scheduled to work. Jessica takes the “scare factor” out of a brutalizing session of Physical Therapy. I used to dread going to a physical therapist, now, I enjoy the process.
Thank you UOA for having such wonderful staff. Service with a smile is their motto.
Please see that Lori Porter is aware of how pleasant she is! I had so much trouble getting my insurance company to OK my medication. Thanks to Lori Porter, she took care of the whole process for me. She is in the certification dept. What a sweet caring woman she is! She deserves special accommodation.
I had a wonderful experience the 7 weeks with my PT instructor Christine & I felt much better each time I finished my sessions. My hip(s) replacement surgery would not have reached this high level of performance if it had not been my PT.
After diagnosing arthritis to be the leading cause of my back pains, UOA’s Dr. Cook recommended that I attend “Back School” where I would undergo physical therapy to strengthen and stretch my back muscles with exercises that I would learn how to also perform on my own.
My teacher was Lynn Van Ost, a veteran physical therapist whose knowledge of body mechanics proved to be rock solid and most beneficial. After just two treatments, my back began to feel better, albeit slightly, but improvement was evident nonetheless. Any notions that I may have had about “Back School” being a waste of time were quickly dispelled thanks to Lynn. I can now function normally as my discomfort level is almost nonexistent. Occasionally I may feel some pains flare up- as Lynn explained, thus is the nature of arthritis- but at least I now know how to relieve them better the exercises I was taught. Now that I have finished “back school,” I’ve decided to take what I will refer to as UOA’s postgraduate course, with Blake Swan as its instructor. Blake is a strength and conditioning specialist who will act as my personal trainer. He has assessed my physical capacity and is going to tailor my workouts so that they meet my needs and goals. I am eager to start my new fitness program under his guidance.
On 2/13/15 I came to you facility with extreme knee pain and started with an initial consultation with Dr. Bechler. Within hours, the diagnosis of a torn meniscus was confirmed by an MRI; the procedure to repair the tear was explained, and surgery scheduled for 6 days later. I was pain free 2 days after surgery and now, 6 days after, started PT to straighten the knee joint so I can get back to work climbing ladders and other carpentry functions.
Professional doctors, reliable staff, state of the art equipment. Who needs Philadelphia or New York? We have university orthopedic.